Distance: 8 Km from the Hotel.
The park is located beside Alcúdia Bay, between Muro and sa Pobla. It is the largest wetland of the Balearic Islands. Its origins probably date back to the interglacial period, around 100,000 years ago. In the 19th century, a British company built a complex network of canals almost managingto completely drain the area to convert it to agriculture. A few decades later the project was aborted and the land recovered its natural vegetation. The park has a small museum with information about the local birds and plants. In the reception centre you will find a leaflet with the different itineraries and you can hire binoculars for birdwatching. S’Albufera has a total area of 2,584 ha. that support a rich diversity of Balearic flora with over 400 listed species including the outstanding and rare robust orchid and the meadow orchid. S’Albufera is the only habitat of the latter in the Balearic Islands. Birds are the most important group of vertebrates in the park, which attracts a large number of ornithologists and photographers. Over 230 species have been listed, which constitute 80% of the bird species of the Balearics. The most representative species are the marsh harrier, imperial heron, black-winged stilt and Eleonora’s falcon. The most emblematic fish of the park is the eel. It enters s’Albufera as an elver. On the tenth winter it swims into the sea and travels to the Sargasso Sea in the middle of the Atlantic. It is a key ingredient in delicious dishes like “espinagada”.